What’s the difference between grassy weeds and grass? To answer this question, let’s start with the definition of a weed. A weed is any plant growing in an unwanted area. In lawns, we typically organize weeds into one of two categories, a broadleaf weed or a grassy weed. Broadleaf weeds are easy to identify because they [...]
I recently purchased my first home in McKinney. Like most new homeowners, I find myself feeling the joys and stress of a new home. While I am elated for something that is mine, I am spending a lot of time getting the interior and exterior “up to par” for my liking. My lawn and landscaping are [...]
Your Fall Leaf Clean Up Options When leaves start falling onto our yard, you face a couple of options. The easiest option is to allow the leaves to remain there. Out of all of your options, reject this one. By leaving the leaves on the ground, you subject your lawn to several problems like blocked sunlight. [...]
Lawn Care Tips for Fall We have always had a love-hate relationship with ants. They are a nuisance to our homes; still, they are a constant reminder to store resources for times of need. The timeless principle of savings affects almost every living thing including lawn care. During the fall season, your lawn is hard at [...]
What is the Mowing Schedule This Fall and Winter? With cooler temperatures and the smell of pumpkin spice lattes in the air, fall has officially come to North Texas. Throughout this season, one of the most common questions we get asked concerns our fall and winter lawn mowing schedule. We believe that lawn care is a [...]
Fall Pre-Emergents: Preventing Cool Weather Weeds “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” ― Benjamin Franklin ― Throughout Summer, we toil to keep weeds, bugs, and heat from destroying North Texas lawns. Now with cooler temperatures on the horizon, we are preparing for another seasonal change. During the Autumn months, we’ll see perennial [...]
Brown Patch Disease: What It Is and How to Treat It With Fall fast approaching, North Texas is experiencing more mild days and cooler nights. Unfortunately, this weather often exposes our lawns to more diseases. One of the most common diseases we see is brown patch disease. It is called brown patch due to the circular or [...]
Identifying and Dealing with Rose Rosette Disease It’s not Halloween yet, but one trip to your garden may convince you otherwise. There is a disease that has been attacking and destroying rose gardens in North Texas. What once were beautiful rose bushes are now being turned into spindly, ugly messes. It’s almost as though a wicked [...]
How to Kill Weeds in Flower Beds You’ve finally done it! The shrubs have been trimmed. Mulch has been laid. Now you can step back and relish in the beauty of your landscaping. Then one day you walk outside to find grass and weeds growing in your flower beds. You call our company and schedule a bush [...]
Dealing with Broken Sprinkler Heads One of the greatest lawn and landscaping tools is the irrigation system. Before this system, homeowners had to use inefficient oscillating sprinklers. While these sprinklers were a step up from hand watering, they were unable to distribute the proper amount of water evenly. Then along came the irrigation system (also known [...]
